Trust Fall Research Paper

Trust Fall

The trust fall is a very common trust and teamwork activity. This activity can be with two people or a whole group of people. It starts with one person being the “faller” and the others being the “catchers”. The faller will go stand in front of the catchers. The faller will have their back facing the catchers and cross their arms. The faller will then proceed to fall backwards. The catchers stand behind the faller and wait for the faller to fall backwards, then they will catch the faller. This activity requires minimal space, or enough space to fit all the participants. After the faller falls and is caught, the group discusses what everyone felt and then a new faller is chosen.

The trust fall requires lots of trust and teamwork.
You and your partner will decide who will be doing the drawing and who will be giving instructions. The person drawing will have a pencil and a blank paper. The person giving directions will receive a picture. The person giving instructions will have to give directions to the person drawing so that they can recreate the original picture. The person giving directions is the only one allowed to talk, he can only give directions in shapes and lines. For example, you could not just say,”Draw a house”. Once you both think you are done, you can compare the drawn picture to the original one.

The point of this activity is to reinforce teamwork and communication. If you are not clear or specific, the newly drawn picture can look much different than the original. Communication is an important characteristic of a team. There is also a little bit of trust in this activity. You need to trust that your partner is giving you a good description of the picture you are drawing. In the end, the drawn picture and the original picture rarely look the same. This activity will help teams realize that if you do not have clear communication, then you will not have high quality